Ordinance No. 20-02 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. 20- pa
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.24.080 TO ALLOW FOR
DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN SYS 1'EM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
WHEREAS, Chapter 3.24 of the Tigard Municipal Code (IMC) establishes system development charges
(SDCs) for the City;and
WHEREAS, under current code, SDCs are due and payable upon issuance of the building or plumbing permit
to which the fees relate,with the exception of water SDCs,which are due and payable upon purchase of a water
meter;and
WHEREAS, the City currently allows deferral of transportation or park SDCs to occupancy for commercial
and multi-family development,but not for single-family dwelling units;and
WHEREAS,the City's Development Advisory Committee has recommended that City transportation and park
SDCs be deferred for all development in order to lessen the cost burden to developers and builders of SDC
financing costs;and
WHEREAS, by reducing costs to builders and developers by shortening the time for which SDCs are financed,
the City is aiming to help lower housing costs in Tigard.
NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Tigard Municipal Code 3.24.080 is amended as follows (additional text is underlined and
deleted text is shown in stet ettgh):
A. SDCs are calculated and are due and payable as follows:
1. Calculation. SDCs are calculated based on the fees in effect at the time of submittal
of the complete building or plumbing permit application to which the fees relate. If a
building or plumbing permit is not required and a land use decision is required, SDCs are
calculated based on the fees in effect at the time of submittal of the complete land use
application to which the fees relate.
2. Due and Payable. Water SDCs are due and payable upon purchase of a water meter.
All other SDCs are due and payable upon issuance of the building or plumbing permit to
which the fees relate. If a building or plumbing permit is not required and a land use
decision is required, all other SDCs are due and payable upon issuance of the land use
decision to which the fees relate.
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D. Notwithstanding subsection A.2 of this section, the applicant may request apply for a
deferral of payment of transportation or park SDCs to occupancy. The administrator may
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or park SDC on a single family dwelling unit. The request must be made in writing to the
administrator no later than the time of building permit application or,if no building permit
is required,then upon land use application. Any deferred SDC must be paid in full prior to
final inspection or the issuance of an occupancy permit. The amount of transportation or
the-b�ermit.
SECTION 2: If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect the other provisions or applications of the
ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this
end the provisions of this ordinance are severable. This City Council hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion
thereof and intends that the invalid portions should be severed and the balance of the
ordinance be enforced.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its passage by the council, signature by the
mayor,and posting by the city recorder.
PASSED: By 2/iQn// ILt,Q. vote of all council members present after being read by number
and title only, this 71A--day of 9r1Wd4 ,2020.
Carol A. Krager,City Recor er
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APPROVED: By Tigard City Council this 7 t day of ! _ ,2020.
Jason '. Snider,Mayor
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
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